Between 1947 and 1951, over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled, 13,000+ killed, and 500 villages wiped off the map. Zionist militias, backed by colonial powers, carried out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in Palestine to establish the State of Israel - a settler-colonial state built over ruins.

The Nakba - “catastrophe” in Arabic - was premeditated. From Herzl’s call to “spirit the population across the border,” to Ben-Gurion’s plans for “transfer,” the removal of Palestinians was not incidental - it was foundational.

This post walks you through the timeline - how it was prepared, executed, and legalized - and how it continues today: in Gaza, the West Bank, and through every bulldozed home and murdered journalist.

The Nakba is not memory. It is policy. It is not the past. It is the present.